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sick bay
noun
: a compartment in a ship used as a dispensary and hospital
broadly
: a place for the care of the sick or injured
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The project will include four kennel runs, a cat quarantine room and sick bay, clinic room with two surgery bays, office and storage areas, an education meeting room and a sally port.
—Susan McFarland, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
Doorways on one side lead into a rabbit’s warren of corridors and rooms, including cramped sailors’ quarters, comfy officers’ bedrooms, kitchens, sick bays, even a barbershop and a laundry—a reminder that 4,000 sailors and officers at a time used to call this ship home.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 25 July 2023
At Fox Hill, which is more formally called the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services facility, Bankman-Fried shared the one-room sick bay with four other men.
—Katanga Johnson, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022
With a wave of this fictional device, a Starfleet crew member could get a comprehensive medical analysis without having to be admitted to the ship’s sick bay.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2015
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First Known Use
1813, in the meaning defined above
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“Sick bay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick%20bay. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
sick bay
noun
: a place on a ship used as a hospital
Medical Definition
sick bay
noun
: a compartment in a ship used as a dispensary and hospital
broadly
: a place for the care of the sick or injured
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